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sooa come ono SasE Tho w vow That used In
S 81: hs s sssGa sSrse iS S o% and %s
. soSS ior sosh pa. but the sSin q seoS srss
mostly 81 Tie rod Variety 5us sSSre srs soPs
'stSs 0es Snss sS Ok aSS we aaa
ss hS sRnssf ths dssS a sSsr graz"
custom. fol. two towns TO take sides aReinst
SsS h sdo sS sfn has emf sw
sT has eoD e az, ss soHrfb like
gsnised hunts and tho innamcrsbio boys who
ss ssss " s w ssssd ' 'an
prets, but BIRDS arc n ne KID
oountless boys who are constantly shooting
many Of them have migrated to the western
the speses q %
In eastern Maine, and the country people. used
IN Bangor H market dressed as low as Two shii-
lings tthirty three eentsl per dozen, That was
Ss %ero sss Tus on homo
market. In time, however, they were shipped
high as ~. 25 nor dozen. These pigeons lived
on nuts part OF the year. but IN the spring and
early summer they were terror TO farmers,
About fifteen years ago tho. pigeons took sud-
den leaye, and have not been soon In these
parts SINCE. It Is supposed that they went
West and South.
The pickerel fishermen about hero are hay
Yesterday two mon brought In $50 pounds OF
splendld fish. all taken In one days fishing at
Pushaw Pond, half dozen miles out OF Ban
gor, and other fine catches from Chemo, Ed
dinRton, Fiedss. and Hermon Ponds are com.
ing In daily. Some people are never satisfied
TO fish in the lawful way. no matter how plenty
the 1sh arc, but wnnt to act tho hog and clean
people was caught by warden at Lake Chemo
the other day, whore he had Just taken 222
this man will have to pay fine Of 81 for each
perch caught and the costs. besides losing
caught enough with hook and line for sloRginG
crews supper.
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Hero and There.

Ira Hughes aud hs sons OF Elmer n j., killed 27 cray
squirrels IN single afternoon
hunting party OF twenty-five In Idaho shot "a black
tailed deer white tailed deer, wolf | caribou and
"hlcat besides catching over inD trout.
a peach tree a. sononla CaL has presented It's own.
e wth large frt Tor FORTY one wears and this
surprise ihtm win 80 pounds OF peaches Zach peach
measured over eight inches In circumference
Twins 20 yearS OF age the pride OF West DedhAm,
They are the daughters OF Isaac Colhurn One OF
their sisters u Ars hab5y Smith who 10 % years old
and anotheT hrs AbiaihA RiohnrdA 10 3d. One OF the
Ssrn ir ,sS msrTtSa Ss,han Everett who served
Both women havV always enjoyed excellent heAllh 80
have possesai0p oS Al their faculuSS
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WRESTLING ON HORSEBACK.
/ NEW FORM or CONTEST NOT YET
INTRODUCED IN NEW YORK.

lAbent as Houeh es tho hfounted Sword Con-
tsst-The Rules which Govern II, md In
u what the Secret or Success Lies-Whet
rrakes Coed Muscuiar Development.
X A now style Of wrestling was introduced
about year ago in San Francisco. but 1t
z 10 new TO tho East yet. 1t Is wrestling on
horseback. and Ia worry livcly and inter-
esttng athletic contest. The principal expo
nents Of the art are Duncan Ross and Capt.
4 J. @. DAILY. Ross IL travelling. and Capt DAILY
D In New York. experimenting tho building OF
nubways. and occasionally engaging In
mounted sword combat when no can induce
anybody to face him In the nrena. As the
Captain stands six feot two in his stockings,
weighs $50 pounds in fighting condition, and Is
~ hard ss nails, he does not find many WILLING
antsgonists The last man who met him OF
Taunton, Mass, didn't recover his senses until
IN hour after the Captain hit him on the back
Of the head with cavalry sabre. In answer to
request for information about his peculiar
style of wrestling. the Captain said:
IL don't know where 1t originated. Possibly
some half wild horsemon have practlsed wrest-
ling on horseback az part OF their training for
war, but the first ever heard OF 1t was when
BOSE and tried It as variation from mount
Cd sword combats, in San Francisco. No ex-
hibition has been given In the East, because
ltO8o 10 not HeT6, anu uoh AhoW "h'pONS
else who IL able to meet me. You SEQ, 1t Is
rarc to find good wrestler who is at the same
time good bareback rider. and unless man
oan ride and wrestle, too. he Is no good at TINS
they would In ordinary matches. and ride With
out saddles. They depend on balance ana th the
horses. The nature OF the contest varies. &C:
ordne e the style Of hold q. a SS Tp0n III
taken below the waist, but II catch-as-catch-
can DO the style. o hold may be takon on the
The wrestlers ride to the centre from. oppo-
site sides Of ring and then mangn nf for the
oppoi,e mt il possible, and to do that YOU must
9aye perfect control Of your horse g tSas
n acoustomed 10 the work will require only q
hint Of your wishes and will take adya .qtin %
wheel around behind him and range alongside.
Having got into position. you drop the bride
and try for o lock on the other fellow that vii!
compel him to drop his bride, too The hold
called hall Nelson will do that most ef1ec-
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THE HALF NELSON" HOLD.

tuslly. Put your'l left hand and forearm under
his loft armplt from behind and grasp him BY
your right arm across the back of his
neck. you can give him q twist that will
fling his heels in tho air and bring him down
on the broad OF HIS back. He cannot break
that hold Without using both hands and even
lung spaT you grip your own hand and dsag
IA every way, and II no does not succeed In
GETTING hold on YOU ns he goes over he Will
that any portion OF him other than his feet
&hAil touch the ground IN order to score fall;
be femounts. II both are dismounted and 90
down to grass. II Is q dog fall or draw. and
and the original hold Is not broken the con-
test continues upon the ground under the
rules that would govern an ordinary contest
In the particular style Of wrestling agreed upon:
Sometimes one wrestler will ride up behind
other fellows. Then he can get a half Nelson,
pr some other good lock with less trouble than
he could on the ground. II 1t is catch-as-
0Asch-Can he can take the man In front by the
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fall down himself n you give him chance TO
make II appear that he Ia thrown.
hnvo taken place In New York. were. made
iarces as q rule. They wore for points. and
citing I'm seeing two men ride around and give
each other light taps ON their armor with dull
swords. As soon as u touch is made and a!.
OF q bugle and rest until ordered to charge
again. Usually thoy charge at walk. Now /
lust like light sparring for points. A genuine
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good deal Of jugglery. Tossing the. clubs in
the air making them rotate several times. and
catching them by the handles as they come
down. throwing them in the air behind the
back from one hand to tho other. and all that
sort of thing, though It demands skill and
Quickness in the eye and body. Is not properly
gymnastics.
Indian clubs are usually made OF maple.
This is a close-grained wood, and so It can be
turned we'll and 10 susceptible OF a good polish.
Some of the light clubs which the performers
use for exhibitions OF club swinging are made
of bass or pine wood. This will allow OF mod
erately large club being used. which will be
very light. They are painted black. and often
are swung in the air and made to revolve. The
shape OF the club Is usually the Same, and is
graceful. 1t tapers of gradually to the top,
and moro rapidly toward the base. A very good
club swinger. fellow from Columbia who went
out to tho mines In the West as an assayer, and
for while ran the gymnasium in Salt Lake
City, had q funny-looking pair turned express
Is only four or Ave inches in length before #
fourteen or fifteen inches long in his. and tho
club was round like Il cannon ball, l do not
think they were much OF q success. The shape
WINS not Mt all graceful. He was q heavily built
fellow with huge arms and shoulders, and they
moved as lightly as an oiled wheel when he
swung the clubs. He did no fancy tricks, but
invented several new movements.
gymnasium" concluded Prof. Goldie. THE
strongest man need not be ashamed Of prac-
Using with them. and yet they can be made so
light that even young girls can use them with
out Inconvenience, and proatably. Effective
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INDIAN CLUB SWINGING.
TIE GOOD or TIE CLUBS AND THE
BEET War TO USE THEM FOR ExERCIsE

Prof SaoIaio Tells or rzis Experience with
Thcu. as Developers Of the Body-Trieks
that the Prersssionais Play Continus'iy.
The idea Of modern physical culture IL to
devotion the entire man. The old style OF gym
nastics with its heavy apparatus and exercises
was only good for strong mon. II man was
strong enough to employ his muscles with
heavy dumb bells he would get still stronger.
But the weaker man who could not 60 through
with all this heavy wear was broken instead OF
being built up. To-day every special form OF
athletics seems to have moro competitors than
ever, and records are being constantly broken
by the better work Of some new contestant for
the honors Of the arena. Yet the idea In tho
minds OF the exponents OF physical culture 10
to make the whole physical being better. Ono
thing which serves to indicate to some degree
the change OF view Is that dumb bells arc sell
dom used. while Indian clubs are in constant
reauisition In gymnasium.
Indian clubs" said PROT George Goldie, the
beacon light OF physical culture at the New
York Athletic Club, are very good developers
for the whole body above tho waist. OF course
the arms are the members which are chiefly
benefited by exercising with the clubs. But
the muscular development from their use ID
not so great. They are moro of Gymnastio
tonic for tho system. The Ghost Is expanded
and kept In good order, and the poise and
springy elasticity OF the body Is helped by the
movements with the clubs.
1.-THE perfect mastery OF club swinging sup
poses some intelligence, much more than OK
ercising with dumb bolls. Anybody can use
dumb bells whose muscles are strong enough
to Lift their weight, but not everybody can be-
come an expert club swinger. There is good
deal OF manual dexterity called into play BY
some OF the movements. and suppleness OF the
joints is needed. The natural gracefulness OF
a man counts also. There Is hardly club ex-
ercise or movement--that Is, complete move
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IN the New York Caledoniun Club for two
years, geforp that was professional gym
ment OF others than. for thoir Instruction, In
thentres. 30 have had an abundance OF ex-
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Bcnrs Shot Close to Villages and Lumber
Cnmps-NooEc, Deer. and Caribou Plenty
and Boid-squirrel Hunts all tho Rage
rickerel Fishermen Having Great Luck


BANGOR Oct. 2s.-The hunting season in
Eastern Maine is now at its height, and the
woods all around reGcho with the crack of
rifle and shotgun. while trappers are busy and
patrons OF the rod are having great sport
Parties coming In from the country Just east
Of Bangor report all kinds OF game plenty
bears being very numerous. Yesterday two
bears were shot In the town OF Amherst. close
to the edge of tho village and they are killed
every day between here and Mount Desert. on
tho limo of tho railroad. The lumbermen, who
arc inst beginning operations up river, report
that bears, moose, deor. and caribou are very
numerous and bold this fall. often coming
right out into the clearings around the
camps. While deer are not so plenty as
they were twenty,h years ago. they have
Increased rapidly In the past ten or twelve
should find no difficulty In getting his allotted
three this season. Although there are quite q
number OF caribou in this part of the State.
most OF them have gone far to the north, hav-
ing been driven away by dogging which was
praetised so much few years ago. In the
northern part OF the state, around the lakes
ana larger water courses moose appear to hold
their own fairly well, and 1t is against those
noble animals that tho moro ambitious sports
men make their campaigns, The report OF a
moose Standing tWOnty Lands high being seen
in tho Itnnsclcs country has created much OK
citemNnt among hnntsmen, and thore Is u gem
ernl scramble among gunners to see who shall
BE- lucky enough to bring the monarch down.
IL r. nearly thirty years since ~ wolf was seen
In this region. They wore once very plenty
and tr49pblesome but half century or so ago.
away up north to the head waters OF the Saint
John. and the shores OF the Saint Lawrence
and Bay Chaleur. Now that deer are plenty
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-12-13

The Democrat, in noticing the re-
cent trial of Virginia Robertson for
murder, pays a deserved tribute to
two of our young lawyers, as follows :
The prisoner was defended by
Mcssrs. Moore, Gibson and Englc.
1t was EngIe's first speech to a jury
and he spoke like an old stager, and
was much complimented by those who
heard him. Gibson'S cross eXamina-
ton of DR.. Brown, a witness for the
State, has secured to him in public
estimation a high standing at the bar
as a lawyer qualified to manage the
most difficult cases. The writer was
not present when the other doctors
were questioned, but DR.. Brown was
SUBJECTED to n very puzzling cross
examination, and his were so
intelligent and to the point that their
effect on the jury appeared to be
irrpSiStihlp.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-12-13
Personal Mention.

MI. Jas. w. Carney is able to be
out again.
Nj. Eugene Barr visited Washing
ton recently.
Mr.. Jas. c. Sheerer spent a few
days in Baltimore.
We welcome Mr.. j. Shirley Smith
back to town again.
Miss Belle Trussell is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Wilbur Winters, at Har-
per's Ferry.
We are pleased to learn that Mrs.
I. n. Renner, who has been quite ill,
is now much better.
Mr.. B. F.. Ramey, with his wife and
daughter, spent several days in Clarke
county, Va, last week.
Mr.. Arthur Martin, of Caroline
county, Virginia, is visiting his sis
ter, Mrs. Jno. C. Wiltshire.
Mr.. Jno. c. Wiltshire, who was
critically ill for some weeks, is con-
v~alescent and has been in town.
Mrs. Anderson, of Frederick, Md,
spent several days at the residence of
Mr.. F. G. Butler, her brother-in-law.
Capt. Geo. H. Flagg, Il worthy
postmaster, is attending a national
convention of postmasters, at Wash
ington City.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-12-13

Mamie GOcns desires us to state
that she has never started 4 report
about anybody, and that the card re-
ferring to her is without good cause.
| She has also shown us a letter. which
she says was read in her house and
gave rise to the trouble, and with
which she asserts she had nothing to
do. There seems, therefore, to have
been some mistake all around, and
the best to be done is that these mat,
tiers should be dropped and forgot
ten.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-12-13
County Items.

From the Shepherdstown Register
we clip the following items:
Mr.. E. K. Weis killed his big hogs
last. Tuesday. One weighed HOG and
the other 329 pounds net.
The congregation of Rev. Charles
Ghiselin have recently presented him
with a horse and buggy.
Messrs. r. D.. Lamar and E. Ii.
Reinhart are the champion horseshoe
pitchers of Moler's Cross Roads.
The Carter House at Charlestown
under the management of the new
proprietor, Mr.. Baker, is keeping up
its good reputation.
The corn harvester invented and
patented by Capt. Jos. L. Hess, OF
Duf1ieldS, was submitted to a practi'
cal test on the field about the middle
of last month, and proved al entire
success in raising the lodged corn
from the ground, carrying it with the
standing corn against the knives, on
to the platform, and dropping it in
windrows5 or shocking it at the pleas
ure of the operator by making a short
pause at the end of each row.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-12-13
A Valuable Medical Traeatise.

The edition for 1888 of the sterling Medical
Annual, known as Hostetter's Almanac, is
now ready, and may be obtained, free of cost.
of druggists and general country dealers i'll all
parts of the United States. Mexico, and indeed
in every civilized portion of the Western Hem
isphcrc. This Almanac has been issued rcgu-
larlv Mt the commencement of every year for
over Onc-ffth of Il century. 1t combines. with
the soundcst practical advice for the preserva-
ton and restoration of health. Il large amount
of interesting and amusing light reading. and
the calendar. astronomical calculations. chro-
biological items. g., are prepared with great
care. and will be found entirely accurate. The
issue of Hostettcr's Almanac for 1888 will prob
ably be the largest edition of u medical work
ever published in any country. The Proprie-
Pa. on receipt of Il two cent stamp. will for
ward q Poppy by mail to any person who can
not procure one in his neighbOrhood.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-12-13

READ THE LAST Two COLUMNS on
FIRST PAGE.-Mr. G. B. Rouss sent
US last week one of his Monthly
Trade Journals. He issues 100, 600
every month. After reading the
leader on Auction Goods we laid
it down, convinced of the fact that
embodied in this article from the
trenchant pen of one of New York's
most successful mercantile bread
winners was more knock doaUn argu-
ments, more stubborn facts, more
good common sense and sound rea-
soning than you would find in vol
umes written upon the economies of
the day. Money Down. is his
motto, and a good one it is. How
much better off many a man would
be to-day if that had been his guild
ing star. He would have had no use
for the musty old tones (ledgers)
representing many hundreds of dol
lars on the wrong side due by ores
who have "passed over the river
bankrupt by this miserable credit
system. If the new mercantile gos-
pei, "pay as you CO." as preached
by Mr.. Rouss, could have full sway
in tie U. S., our sisters, cousins and
auDts and the whole human family
would be happier and in much better
financial condition. Each one could
open up his or her wallet and count
over the shining eagles, be they few
or many, saying to themselves 81
owe no man anything, neither does
any man wv me anything. This is
all my own Hasten the day when
the whole mercantile world may take
counsel from our millionaire friend,
Mr.. G. B. Rouss, and adopt his wise
maxims. We advise our friends to
read his well written and interesting
leader Winchester Times.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-12-13
january !, lSST-1y

Our young friend John Hopkins,
son of Rev. DR.. A. c. Hopkins, will
leave to-day for Skidmore, Texas, to
join the engineer corps of the San
Antonio and Arkansas Pass r. R.
John leaves q host of friends in
CharlcStown, and their best wishes
will attend him TO his new home. He
is one of our most energetic young
men, and we expect to hear 4 good
report of him from the Lone Star
Stntc.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-12-13
MARRIED.

In Charlestown. December Sd, 1887. WAL,
LACE. little grandson of Mr.. Charley Barritt,
Sr., aged s years and 2 months.
November 27th, 1887, in the western part OF
Frederick county. Va. of paralysis, Mrs,
JANE RENNER. aged IS years.
At his residence near Mt. Williams. Fred.
erick county. Va, November 9th, 1887. Mr.,
JAMES RUSSELL. a worthy and esteemed
citizen. aged n years.
In Campaign county. Ohio. November 18th,
1887. Mrs. MARY JANE MYERS: wife OF MIR.
William Myers and sister of Geo. r. Henry, OF
the Winchester Netes.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-12-13
Advertised Letters.

List of letters remaining in the
Post Office at Charlestown, Jefferson
county, w. Va, Dec. 10, 1887:
John w. Lee (2), Lucian Tryman,
Timothy Ford, William Coenes, f.
Lee Washington, Frank Taylor.
The above letters, if not called for
within thirty days, will be sent to the
dead letter office. Persons calling
for them Will please say that they are
advertised
GEn II EIAGC p AL
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-12-13
Thomas Boiling, a conductor o

Thomas Boiling, q conductor on
a Shenandoah Valley Railroad freight
train, met with a horrible death al
Lithia, 4 few miles north of Roanoke,
Va. 1t seems as though Mr.. Boiling
attempted to cut several cars loose
from his train whilst in motion, and
doing so he lost his hold and fell
under the real portion of the moving
train, which cut him nearly in twain
and killed him instantly.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-12-13
Christmas and New Years
EXCURSION TICKETS.

The Passenger Department of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Compa-
ny that, in accordance with
their usual custom, they will sell Elk
cursion Tickets during the Holidays,
between all stations East of the Ohio
River.
Tickets will be sold on Dec. 23d,
24th, 26th, 3Oth, 31st, 1887, ana Jan.
1st and I'd, 1885, good for return
passage until Jan. Sd, 1888.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-12-13
Violin and Guitar Les
sons.

HAVING been solicited by many music
Ii loving persons to give lessons on the Vic
lin. Guitar. Flute and YioIOn-CcHo. ] have con-
ciuded 10 accept a limited number of pupils for
the above named Instruments For terms
please call on me at my JeWeIry Store on Main
street, or address me Lock Box No. IS. Charles
town. Special Rates for Clubs of Four
March Is, 1ss8
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-12-13
From the Democrat

SS
Mr.. Geo. Porterficld, of " CASH
lis" lost a valuable mare on Friday
last, of collie.
Mr.. John S. Castlcman sold on
Tuesday last a large number of fat
cattle-averaging 1921.
Mr.. Geo. Eyster, whilst attending
to some machinery in his paper mill
at Halltown, last week, SO severely
mashed the index finger of his right
hand that it is feared amputation
will be necessary.
Judge Bcckwith's handsome brick
residence, on South George Street, is
now complete and ready to be occu-
pied. Mr.. Jas. w. Butt, of this
city, was the architect, and Mr.. F.
l.. Beller the contractor, both OF
which displayed taste, beauty and
workmanship in their respective
parts.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-12-13

Mr.. Roberts informs us that the B.
& o. ticket office at this place will
shortly be supplied with q case of
tickets for all distant points reached
by the B. & o. and its connections,
so that he will be able to sell tickets
and check baggage through for all
places for which tickets are sold at
the principal B. & o. stations.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-12-13
Only an Advertisement.

A Ticket will be given for each pur-
chase, no limit, and on large pur-
chases one for every 25 cents worth
of Goods. Extra tickets will be given
to those who have not received the
correct number. All explanations
will be made at G. w. BRowN's
Jewelry Store.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-12-13

The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, FcverSores, letter, Chapped
Hands, Clilblains. Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles.
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price % cents per box.
For sale by Geo. T. Light.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-12-13

PUBLIC SALEs.-The following Pub
lie Sales are advertised in this paper:
Wednesday, December 2Sth.-Per-
sonal Property and Real Estate, by
Joseph Starry.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-12-13

We've not done our part by you till we have
given you fun particulars of our imncns stock
of Holiday Goods. But, you must help us
You must see them to know what we have, and
particularly note the very low prices. You are
requested TO call aud see the big display.
S. D. HIRSCUMAS Il Co.